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There’s several interesting papers on the subject of Egyptian mathematics in the book “From Five Finger to Infinity”. “The volume of a truncated pyramid in anc
by xtiansimon 4mo ago
There’s several interesting papers on the subject of Egyptian mathematics in the book “From Five Finger to Infinity”.
“The volume of a truncated pyramid in ancient Egyptian papyri”
“Sources of information on Ancient Egyptian mathematics”
“Problems 1-6 of the Rhind mathematical papyrus” (Includes a description of the math for dividing bread rations)
https://archive.org/details/fromfivefingerst0000unse_s0p6 https://archive.org/details/fromfivefingerst0000unse_s0p6